Old Man

Steve is officially an old man!! He is now IN his 40's. It's hard for me to understand since I'm still solidly in my 30's. Steve loves when I point that out. But, I think he's had a good birthday weekend!

He took Friday off. But, instead of partying, he did a bunch of chores. He was quite grumpy about it. I'm not sure why he did them, though. For instance, a plumber was AT the house and Steve still insisted on putting in our new (very heavy cast iron) sink himself. But, the good news is that because he spent Friday doing all his chores, he has been able to party like an animal all weekend.

First, this was from earlier this week, but it still seriously cracked me up. Steve being old AND funny:

Steve has also weathered numerous accusations of domestic violence. While teaching Flip to "watch," he clawed my face (probably not a good idea to sit on the floor and madly point to my eyeballs - since Flip decided to try and "shake" my hand while it was near my eye; it didn't go well). This is right after it happened, but some fun bruising and swelling showed up later. So, everywhere I went, people were like, "Is Steve beating you!??" Nah, just my vicious pit bull on the attack:

Victim

Flip DID feel bad about it. Here he is begging forgiveness:

On the "more fun" side of things, we went to Target (Steve's 2nd favorite place, only behind Costco) and got fun stuff for Wm's stocking. Then, got Steve delicious birthday treats from his favorite bakery. It was nearly 50 and super sunny, so we took Flip adventuring. It was INSANELY muddy since all the snow just melted and we were all covered! Flip was actually the least muddy of any of us (due to this frolicking along a frozen creek and falling into said creek - which was only about a foot deep, but got his feet sparkling clean). It would have been more fun without Wm's incessant whining about how he hates hiking and when would it be over. But, it was still a good time!

Mud Adventures

After some showers, we went out to a nice dinner at Steve's favorite restaurant. Then, home for cake and presents. My favorite thing I found for Steve were dog poop bags with Trump's face on them.

Today, Steve is off to play soccer (it's warm enough for outdoor, so he's pumped!!) and then to see the new Star Wars movie. It's a weekend full of Steve's most favorite things!